Africa Shelters And Helplines Forum-Nairobi
An annual forum organized in partnership with the Global Network for Women Shelters targeting women’s shelters and gender based violence response helplines. The 2023 forum brought together more than 70 women’s shelters representatives, as well as civil society and government stakeholders such as UN Women, Meta, Centre for Domestic Training and Development (CDTD), COVAW, Usikimye, Wangu Kanja Foundation, the State Department for Gender and the National Government Affirmative Action Fund. The goal of the forum is to create a platform for network building, stakeholder engagement, sharing of experiences, and capacity strengthening on creating stronger support mechanisms/structures for survivors of gender-based violence.